One of my buddies (new nobmobber kiwi_phil) is organising a ride with a few mates to the Oaks trail in a few weeks.

Given my present constraints (post shoulder repair surgery, not allowed to risk falling off yet) am I asking for trouble? Or is it relatively unchallenging technically like say Perimeter + Long if I take it easy? I've been playing with things like riding down short sets of stairs, but there are no traction problems to catch you out there.

Thanks for your advice, guys.

I'm in the blue mountains this weekend and wondering if:
(a) anyone is keen for a ride on sat morning around 0830 start?
OR
(b) any advice on where to go for a fun technical ride with a few hills etc. Around 2-4 hour ride?

Any info is appreciated at this very late notice.
You can drop me a line at [email protected]

Thanks
Ben

Here's a bit of a ride report from my ride at Linden Ridge today.

This one has a bit of everything, including 11kms of undulating singletrack and a cruisy firetrail with waterbars.

It worked out at about 25kms all up - out and back.

The track was nice and dry, and had very few riders on it. The singletrack section was pretty heavily vegetated in places, and was in need of a haircut. You definitely need protection on the eyes, knuckles, and knees. But in other parts it was fantastic, a good mix of technical sections, plus some flowy bits on a leaf litter base.

today i did the andersons trail in 1hr 40 from station to station, then dropped in for oaks station to station in 1hr 16. i'd be interested in seeing what the fastest times are for these rides, i thought those times were pretty sharp.